Wide Sargasso Sea

Overview

Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman, who fall in love only to be torn apart by rumours, paranoia and a cultural divide.

Cast

Rafe Spall

Edward Rochester

Rebecca Hall

Antoinette Cosway

Nina Sosanya

Christophine

Victoria Hamilton